Guest Review: What a Girl Wants

To celebrate the fact that my wonderful sister, Mary, finished a book I'm letting her do a guest review! She dictated while my mom typed it up for her. Make sure to show her some love and let her know what you think by leaving her a comment!

Title: What a Girl Wants

Author: Kristin Billerbeck

Pages: 352

Publisher: Westbow Press

Published: April 11th, 2006

Rating: 2.5/5

Summary From Goodreads:

"Ever felt like the last item left on the clearance rack?

As a successful patent attorney, Ashley Stockingdale has all the makings of a perfect catch--the looks, the brains, even a convertible. But at 31, she's beginning to wonder if she's been passed over for good.

Deciding to adopt a new attitude, Ashley suddenly becomes the romantic interest of three men within a matter of days. While her heart enjoys turning the tables on the dating game, the rest of her previously predictable world is being turned upside down. Is it more than Ashley can handle? Or is it exactly what she wants?

Award-wining author Kristin Billerbeck combines comedy with spunk to create a memorable story in What a Girl Wants--an all-too-realistic picture of a single girl's search for being content with who she is...with or without a man."

This is a Christian chick-lit love triangle story about a 30 year old, successful woman trying to find romance. However, the "best" man did not win. One thing I like to do when I read these types of books is put myself in their shoes. That way I become emotionally involved with the characters. Ashley, the main character, has to choose between Seth, a long term friend who she crushed on for years and Kevin, who dated a friend of hers and that she later bumped into and they went out on a date.

I found her love interest, Seth, to be rude, mean and boring. I mean how many times can someone watch "The Matrix"? Even the way the author described Seth made him seem unattractive. Seriously, I'm reading to escape reality here . . . make the guy attractive! Then there was Ashley's other possible love interest, Kevin, who, she herself described as "the perfect gentlemen". He was charming, sweet, attentive, fun, etc. He even went so far as to bail her out of jail (He should be nominated for the "Whatta Guy Award.") I mean all in all Seth was there for her too but in an awkward sort of way . . . In the scenes where Seth is trying to be romantic, he fell waaaay short. I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or his attempt at romance was lame.

In the end Ashley and Seth are at her brother's wedding where he tells her he would like to have a relationship. In front of her family they start hooking up. Tacky... especially for a Christian. Now this is what really gets me. The reason she doesn't pick Kevin is because Kevin is not a practicing Christian. Give a guy a chance . . . Kevin did begin to embrace the faith and started to practice.

On the plus side, this book was a quick, easy read with just enough description to visualize what was happening with out being over bearing. I could easily sit down for a longer period of time with this book. It was a good airport read, which is where I got most of it done.

I hope in the next book of this series Ashley comes to her senses and Kevin gets resurrected.

Guest Blogger: My Hearts In Hardback

Today we are lucky enough to have Kailie Lynne from My Hearts In Hardback here with us to tell us about her 5 favorite books! Kailie's a new blogger so definitely check out her blog and maybe show some love by following! Now, here's her favorites:

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Hi everyone! I'm Kailie Lynne from My Hearts In Hardback. I'm guest posting for Monica today, and I will tell all you guys about my 5 all-time favorite novels.

1. The Giver by Lois Lowry: I don't usually read children's novels but I absolutely love this one! This is the book that made me love reading. Lois Lowry's books have a lot of suspense and adventure, but The Giver is her best book by far. No matter how old you are, you will definitely enjoy this book.

2. When It Happens by Susane Colasanti: This is by far the best book in the world! I love Susane Colasanti's books, but this one is probably my favorite. It has some intense parts, and then some romantic parts. I seriously finished it in like two days because I couldn't put it down.

3. Are You Alone On Purpose? by Nancy Werlin: This was also a great book. And again it's about teen love, and friendship. I haven't read any of Nancy's other books, but I already love her for this book. I can't wait to read Impossible and Extraordinary.

4. Take Me There by Susane Colasanti: Another Susane Colasanti book. (She's THAT good, lol.) I'm still reading this, but I only have about 2 chapters to go. What I'm trying to say is that this is a great book that I just love! Again, a teen romance novel. But what I like about this book is that there are different parts and every part is a different characters POV. If you like teen romance, you should pick up one of Susane Colasanti's books.

5. Heartbeat by Sharon Creech: This is again a great children's novel, but it is still a great book. This books is written in verse, like some of her other novels. But this one really gets to you, and the ending is amazing. I would recommend this to anyone.

Well I hope you like my guest post, and a BIG thanks to Monica for letting me be the guest blogger! Hope you get the chance to check out my blog! I'm a new blogger, so I don't know all the ropes yet, but I would love to hear any suggestions or feedback!

Lots of love!

-Kailie Lynne

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Thanks so much for the post Kailie! It was a pleasure having you! There's a few on that list I definitely can't wait to pick up!

Happy Reading Everyone!

Guest Bloggers Wanted!

So as you guys may have noticed, I haven't been all that active lately. I have big plans to change that, maybe, we'll see if it pans out. But, until then I'm looking for people who would be willing to guest post! You can post about anything book related! You DO NOT have to have a blog or any blogging experience as long as it's well written! Your post can be a review, an informative post, an opinion post, anything! (You can even include a plug for your blog! Free advertising!)

It doesn't matter if you're young...

...or if you're old,

if you're homeless...

...or if you just don't like blogging at home,

YOU CAN GUEST POST HERE!

If you're interested shoot me an email at:

MMashura93@gmail.com

MMashura93 (at) gmail (dot) com <-- I think that's the other way people write their email address although I've never understood why they do that.

Just let me know what you want to post on, around when you'll have the post ready (if you don't know that's fine) and when you'd like it posted!

Happy Reading and Happy (Guest) Blogging!

Monica